Operationalization of a frailty index using routine data from the Toulouse Frailty Clinic

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 519-520

  Hoogendijk, Emiel O ^a   Abellan van Kan, Gabor ^b   Guyonnet, Sophie ^b,c   Vellas, Bruno ^b,c   Cesari, Matteo ^b,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Faculté de Médecine Centre Hospitalo universitaire   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

AGE; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABILITY; ELDERLY CARE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FRAILTY INDEX; FRANCE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LETTER; MALNUTRITION; OBESITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84964290463     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ggi.12403     Document Type: Letter

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